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1、第14页AnAnalysisoftheTragedyinVanityFairfromBeckyandAmeliaI.ThackerayandHisMasterpieceVanityFair1.1Thackeray:“TheLegitimateHighPriestofTruthThackeraywasborninCalcuttaofIndia,thesonofRichmondThackeray,acollectorintheEastIndianCompany’sservice.Thackerayhadaluxuriouschildhood,buthisfatherdiedwhe
2、nhewasthree,andhewassenthometoEnglandin1817torejoinhismother,whomarriedagainin1820.HewaseducatedatTrinityCollege,Cambridge,butwithouttakingadegree.Laterhestudiedpaintingandbeganhiscareerinjournalismforaweeklypaper,andheinheritedmoneyhadbeenlost.Sohetriedtomakeameagerlivingfromjournalism,in1
3、836,hemarriedIsbellaShawe,whosufferedamentalbreakdownin1847;hisfirstmajorVanityFairappearedwhichmadehimafamouswriterofhistime.Thackeraybelongedtothemid-Victoriangeneration.Inthatperiod,thesocietyunderwentenormouschanges,amultitudeofsocialproblemsexistedundertheboomingappearances,Hehadprofou
4、ndinsightintothevariousphenomenaofthesociety.Besides,hedislikedpeoplewhowereundulyimpressedbybirthandrankandhisskillfulridiculeofsnobsandhypocrites.Inhisworks,hisrealistictemperamentenabledhimtoseeandsatirizeinconsistenciesinlife.Heknewthatroguessometimesdidwellwhiletheinnocentsufferedandvi
5、rtuouspeoplecouldbedullandbadguyscouldbelively.Thackerayagainandagainpointedoutthatthefolly,socialclimbing,hypocrisy,cruelty,avarice,lovelessness,andselfishnessexhibitedbyindividualcharactershadtheiroriginandcounterpartinsocietyasawhole.Toshowtheconnectionbetweentheindividual’svaluesandbeha
6、viorandsociety’sheoftengeneralizedfromaparticularsituationorindividual’sactiontothebehaviorandvalueofsocieties.Hewroteoftheworldanditspeopleashesawthem.Hewroteasanobserverratherthanaparticipantinlife.Healwayskepthischaractersatarm’slengthandwroteashesawthem.JustasCharlotteBronte,whoseadmira
7、tionforhisgeniuswasboundless,calledhim"thelegitimatehighpriestofTruth."1.2VanityFair:RuthlesslyRaisetheVeilWhichHidestheRottennessPervadingModernSociety.第14页VanityFairmainlyrelatesthetalesoftwomainfemalecharacters,BeckyandAmeliainthenineteenthcenturyEngl
